THE VOMITORIUM 2004: Make Room for More!
The Vomitorium 2004: Make Room For More - New York, New York, August 17th, 2004, 7:30pm to 9:30pm @ St. Marks Church
A performance based political action in collaboration with Dawn Ladd (staging), Marina Potok (photo/video) and a cast and crew of 60+ volunteers. Staged for Reuters and Associated Press and preformed to a live audience.
A response to the New and Improved American Empire, The Vomitorium is a theatrical performance, modeled after the opulent parties of the Roman Empire, where guests engage in consuming astounding amounts of food and when stuffed to the limit, vomit so that they may gorge themselves again and again. In reality though ancient Roman’s did have opulent dinner parties the concept of a vomitorium for the purpose of purging meals so they could eat more is not historically true. Nonetheless, this production follows the legend of the vomitorium feeling it to be a fit for the modern day expression of greed and gluttony in the American empire.
For one evening the performers and audience were transported to those days of decadence in order to reflect on the fate that eventually befell the Roman Empire, and heed the warning signs of history repeating in the current decline of the American Republic.
